SPECIAL EVENT COVERAGE
| EVENT |
COVERAGE |
2005 Preseason
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49ers Video Scandal: today's criticisms
should have been said all along. |
2004-2005 Season
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2004 Game Summaries: we covered the
first few games for kicks & giggles. |
2004 Preseason
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49ers abandon
WCO: bust out a thermomenter and check the temperature
of Hell; no doubt it must be freezing over if the Cheesiest Team
Ever has given up on the Cheesiest Offense Ever.
2004
Draft Review
2004 Schedule Preview
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2003-2004 Season
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2003 Preseason
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Dancin' Fool:
Garcia missed most of the preseason with a hurt back, yet still
had time to dance in a rap video.
All
about T.O.: once upon a time, the end all, be all for the Bandwagon
was the image of "class". Now, everything about the 49ers
revolves around its antithesis: Terrell Owens.
Bandwagon dreams of going
deep: more wishful thinking.
The Great Rebuild, or
the Big Hype: "amazing" rebuilding effort after their
"salary cap hell" more hype than substance.
2003
Schedule: to the rescue, once again.
Bay
Area sports radio at its worst
Eddie
D. finally gone
Whining
from Whiners web site
Walsh
testifies for Al Davis
Cleveland
media grows impatient with ex-49er Policy
2003
Draft Review
Another Joe bites the dust
D-line has Farr to go
49er Problem players whacked
Deese's whining is music to NHS ears |
A New Era?
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Is it a new regime? Bandwagon not liking
change.
Dennis
Erickson hired: Q&A about the new coach. |
2001-2002 Season
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2001 Midseason Report: 49ers only played
two decent teams and, of course, lost.
2001
Q1 Report: the first four games. |
2001 Preseason
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Best of Times, Hearst of Times:
Niners play same old low class game with comeback player.
Garthia
Cashes In: mediocre QB parlays overrated season into megabucks.
Stubbah
Returns: Niners hope to rekindle magic with mediocre Dana Stubblefield.
Bandwagon,
Jr.: "premier" defensive lineman Junior Bryant may be
done.
Eating
up Andre: media compares DE Carter to Jevon
Kearse before he has even played a down.
The Genius' last draft: Old Man Walsh oversees
his final selection of over-hyped talent.
In
Hype We Trust: media frenzy surrounding the 2001 draft was unbearable.
The
truth about the "West Coast Offense": Bill Walsh did
not invent football, as he would have you believe. |
2000-2001 Season
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Year 2000 Season
Wrap: all good for Niner-Haters.
10
things 49er-Haters were looking for going into the season. |
Salary Cap Cheating
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Cash Not Class:
49ers finally revealed as cheaters, but receive wimpy punishment for
salary cap fraud.
RealNFL.com:
Insider site finally spills some behind-the-scenes truth about the
49ers' cheating.
NFL
Says 49ers Cheated Salary Cap: brief filed in U.S. District Court,
March, 2000
Cheating
won the 1994 Super Bowl? Will
McDonough, in The Boston Globe: "The
alleged cheating with Jones and Young reportedly took place in the
year of San Francisco's last Super Bowl championship, and some say
the illegal salary cap maneuvers helped the 49ers win it all." |
2000 Preseason
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49ers Weekend of Fame Turns To Shame:
they wanted a perfect ending, but we got a perfect beginning instead.
Second
Coming: why is Rice coming back anyway?
Young's
End is Same Old: a fitting, typical 49er ending to Steve Young's
career.
Foot
In Mouth: contention over termination clause in Steve Young's
contract hints 49ers were up to old cheesy tricks when they came in
compliance with the salary cap and pits Walsh against Leigh Steinberg.
Rock
Bottom: Rick Mirer, a.k.a. "the next Joe Montana", comes
to audition for 49ers.
49ers
Sign "Number One Priority": maybe he's not "the
best ever" yet, but who can argue Walsh's take that Junior Bryant
is one of the "premier" defensive linemen in the NFL?
Walsh
All Bark, No Bite: after all the big talk about ending their traditional
tactic of borrowing against the future, Walsh and the 49ers proved
once again you can never believe their hype.
Walsh
Blew Draft Pick: and humiliated Mariucci in the process. |
1999-2000 Season
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Satisfaction Complete: how the 49ers
became one of the worst teams in the NFL.
Why
did the 49ers struggle? Two NHS editors sound off with their reasons
on the causes of the 49ers' demise.
Media
Whines Over Demise: angry media laments loss of their favorite
franchise in classic cowardly fashion.
Media
defends 49ers' signing of Lawrence Phillips
Whining
Update: The Bandwagon doesn't rebuild its whining, it reloads.
Charmed:
"The amazing transformation of Carmen Policy, defender of mobsters..."
(Article
by S.F. Weekly.)
The
Scapegoat: McMillian dumped with typical 49er class
49ers'
Chicken out: Hanks dumped with typical 49er class
NFL
investigating 49ers for cap fraud
Everything's
coming up Joeses: Garcia is just the latest in the parade as it
seems Bill Walsh sees Montana everywhere he Joes -- er, goes.
49ers
work out Hostetler: Desperation or calculation? Are they serious
in thinking Hoss can help the team or is it just another P.R. stunt? |
1999 Preseason
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Elway-bashing or Joe-stroking? Media backlash
highlights 49er Problem.
Where's
the Magic? Despite media tab of "best ever", Walsh and
49ers did nothing on draft day.
Revisionist
History: Walsh knocks Druckenmiller despite being one of his earliest
supporters.
Glory
Days: 49ers hope Walsh's third tour of duty rekindles by-gone
days.
The
Piper Still Waits: Niners appear to have avoided making the "tough
choices" again. |
1998-99 Season
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Falcons 20, 49ers 18: justice ultimately
prevails after yet another referee fiasco.
Pro
Bowl Problem: undeserved votes still can't stop the Bandwagon
from whining.
The
Sporting News driving the Bandwagon: it keeps going and going... |
A Front Office in Shambles
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The Demise, Disgrace and Embarrassment
that is Eddie D.: An entire separate section devoted to the demise
of Eddie D.
Tags
shocks 49ers, 49er-Haters: Commish actually suggests (gasp) a
punishment for the criminal, Eddie D.
Cold-Cocked
in Casino: Bill Walsh is punched by patron at Lake Tahoe. |
1998 Preseason
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1998 Preseason wrap: a failure for
the 49ers.
Cutting
with class (again): Barton out on his ear, Schwantz from hero
to zero.
Shocker:
media fesses up to 49ers' pathetic schedule. |
1997-98 Season
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NFC Championship Review: Packers 23, 49ers
10
Whining
begins (did it ever end?): Same old excuses applied to playoff
loss.
No
defense for 49er defense: 49ers "#1" defense was obviously
overrated.
Not
in the Family: Holmgren, Pack grow weary of S.F. comparisons.
Bye-week
musings: numbers thru 5 games exposed 49ers and Rice as overrated. |
Rice's Busted Knee and Libido
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Rice found in suspected brothel: Police
shut down house of ill-repute, find Rice locked in bathroom. Big surprise,
he denies all wrongdoing and fabricates alibi.
Egomania
and lies: Rice's lies about broken knee and healing powers provide
more insight into his vast ego. |
The Kevin Greene
Mockery |
Kevin Green signs: signing of old player
is more of a slap in the face to Carolina than any tangible benefit
to the 49ers.
Open
letter to Paul Tagliabue: first Steve Young's fake contract, now
this? The NFL once fined Dallas based on "public confidence in
our game," yet they continue to let the 49ers play on an uneven
playing field. |
1997 Preseason |
Dumb and Dumber: Stay with team is finally
over for former P.R. stunts, the Manuel twins.
49ers
put the sap in Sapolu: Jesse Sapolu crawls back to the team that
cut him and signs for minimum wage after holding out for more.
Perspective:
in the face of all the preseason pro-49er hype, here's a listing of
all the teams that bounced the 49ers from the playoffs.
All
the wrong moves: The 49ers sidestepped their main, glaring weakness.
New,
and old, faces in the NFC West coaching ranks
49ers
make first cuts, more expected
Norton's
dream to box is thwarted by evil boxing commission
Garrison
Hearst is latest in running back parade |
William Floyd
Arrested/Guilty |
William Floyd Arrested
Disappointing
Verdict
Switzer
gun incident highlights double-standard |
49ers Stadium/Mall |
The usual suspects: Classy Carmen and Co.,
along with media, push new stadium with the usual deceit.
Post-election
day wrap-up: hollow victory only leaves a bitter aftermath of
reflecting on what 49er family values went into the campaign.
Reflections
from Southern California: With all the talk about the 49ers' threats
to move to Los Angeles, one reader reminds us that everybody made
a big, and wrong, assumption -- that So-Cal would even want the 49ers. |
The Satanic
Sadomasochistic Snafu |
Running with the devil: It's so incredible
you would think it's the stuff of fiction, but no, it's true: Carmen
Policy and San Francisco politicians attended a party that included
live sex acts, people urinating on each other, sodomy with a whiskey
bottle, and a Satanic priest -- all for the entertainment of 49ers'
consultant Jack Davis.
Where's
the outrage? Any other organization would be blasted by the media
for such outrageous behavior, but naturally, here they rise to the
49ers' defense, and the 49ers are again escaping what they deserve:
direct blame. |
The Seifert
Debacle |
Seifert announces supposed "resignation"
A
second take on the fiasco
The dog-and-pony
show that was the press conference is the latest in a series of lies
that have many finally seeing the franchise as we've known it all
these years -- a mockery.
Trestman
fired with typical 49er class
Mariucci
begins with typical 49er class
Will the
media wake up and acknowledge the 49ers have no
class? |
1996-97 Season
Wrap |
Playoff Game Summary: Packers 35, 49ers
14
Lying
with class?: We won't condone fib about rib
1997
Excuse Primer: Your guide to the inevitable excuses from 49er
fans
At
it again: DeBartolo reaffirms "class" by punching fan
An examination
of the 49er mentality: taking credit for Mike
Holmgren.
Bill
Walsh has unfairly escaped any blame.
Nothing
finer: Carolina wins West
The
Grab Bag: a hodge-podge of issues, past and present |
Draft Reviews |
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2003
Draft Review
2001 Draft Review
Grading
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2000 Draft Review
1999 Draft Review
1998
Draft Review
1997
Draft Review
1996
Draft Review |
| Our groundbreaking work from
1996
Note: at the time the Internet had less than 100,000
sites, big media was still a monopoly and no one had ever
considered there could be people who didn't love the 49ers, let
alone hate them.
We've come a long way, baby... |
Rice catches #1000
Game
6 Preview: 49ers at Packers
Steve
Wallace and Cap Fraud
Rice's
work ethic
49er
Preseason Wrap
Eddie
DeBartolo Jr.'s class
Review
of the 49er offseason
The
NFL's Ridiculous Passer Rating System
Of
49er class and hypocrisy
Walsh
Returns
Divisional
Playoff: Packers 27, 49ers 17 -- our first article ever written |